Hi Jim, there's a freeware utility called classic shell which, according to what it claims does what you want. Here's a link to the website. http://www.classicshell.net/ John. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jibber Jabber To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 3:15 PM Subject: [access-uk] Help With Changing Windows 8 Appearance Hi, does anyone know if you can change the appearance in Windows 8 so that it looks like Windows 7. If you can, is it in settings someplace, or is it something that needs to be downloaded? Is there such as a good set of instructions for this? Now I should point out, this is for a friend that just got a new machine, and as I use Windows 7, I don’t know how to advise her, so any help will be greatly appreciated. Cheers. Jim. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4354 / Virus Database: 3722/7253 - Release Date: 03/26/14